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The World Bank and Dams Part 3: Niger Dam Could Leave Thousands In The Dust
The Kandadji Dam is supposed to expand irrigation and energy generation to improve lives in Niger. Instead, it risks sacrificing...
Construction of World's Largest Dam in DR Congo Could Begin Within Months | The Guardian
This article originally appeared in The Guardian. The first phase, Inga 3, is being fast-tracked by the government. Eventually the...
World’s Largest Hydropower Project Unravels
President Kabila visiting China’s Three Gorges Dam The World Bank, the World Energy Council and the dam industry have presented...
Listen to the People of the Land
The people’s struggle in the Teesta River basin in Sikkim (India) has gone through a change of guard recently. Tseten...
Drought: Hydropower's Achilles Heel
The Sobradinho reservoir in Brazil, during the worst drought in its history. Marcello Casal Jr/Agência Brasil Drought: The news has...
Will Empowering "Gram Sabhas" in India Derail Development?
There is unease in the corporate sector over a recent decision by the National Green Tribunal (NGT). After a seven-year...
Introducing International Rivers' Next Executive Director
Kate Horner. IISD Reporting Service We’re thrilled to announce that after an extended search process, we have hired International Rivers’...
Funders Exit Agua Zarca Dam, But Struggle Continues
Honduran police at a COPINH event.COPINH Last week, Honduran police arrested several officers employed by the Agua Zarca Dam builder...
Indigenous Activists: In the Crosshairs of Development
Munduruku activist in Brazil When we learned that Berta Cáceres, a leader of the indigenous Lenca people, was murdered in...
Police Kill Two Anti-Dam Protesters in North India
Tawang Gate. By Dhrubazaan Photography, via Wikimedia Commons We’ve received terrible news about dam fighters in India today. According to...